# Curling at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

The curling competition at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics was held between 11 and 20 December 2019 at the Circolo Sciatori, Madesimo. The ICSD committee decided to increase the maximum number of teams for both genders from ten to twelve. This was the first curling competition to be held as a part of multi-sport event in Italy since the country last hosted the curling event as a part of the 2013 Winter Universiade.

## Competition schedule

Curling competition started the day before the 2019 Winter Deaflympics opening ceremony and finished on the last day of the games, meaning the sport was the only one to have a competition every day of the games.
| RR | Round robin | SF | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Fri 13 | Sat 14 | Sun 15 | Mon 16 | Tue 17 | Wed 18 | Thu 19 | Fri 20 | Fri 20 |
| Men's event | | | | | | | | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | SF | B | F |
| Women's event | | | | | | | | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | SF | B | F |

## Participating nations

Men and women each representing 12 different nations are scheduled to take part in the curling competition.

### Men
#### Round-robin

Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| China | Meng Yifei | 11 | 0 |
| Russia | Alexsandr Pytkov | 9 | 2 |
| Finland | Veli-Dekka Vahala | 8 | 3 |
| Poland | Tomasz Gumiński | 6 | 5 |
| South Korea | Youn Soon Young | 6 | 5 |
| Hungary | Gyula Flank | 6 | 5 |
| Ukraine | Vadin Marchenko | 6 | 5 |
| United States | Hermann Fuechtmann | 5 | 6 |
| Canada | Craig Waldbillig | 5 | 6 |
| Japan | Araya Junichi | 2 | 9 |
| Switzerland | Christoph Sidler | 2 | 9 |
| Italy | Maurizio Bartolomeo | 0 | 11 |

#### Knockout

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 19 December | 19 December |
| China | 7 |
| China | 7 | 20 December | 20 December |
| Poland | 2 | 20 December | 20 December |
| Poland | 2 | China | 6 |
| 19 December | 19 December | | China | 6 |
| 19 December | 19 December | Russia | 5 |
| Russia | 10 | Russia | 5 |
| Finland | 2 | | |
| Finland | 2 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 20 December | 20 December |
| | | Finland | 11 |
| | | Poland | 3 |

### Women
#### Round-robin

Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| China | Wang Mingming | 5 | 1 |
| South Korea | Kim Ji Su | 4 | 2 |
| Russia | Svetlana Tsedik | 3 | 3 |
| Croatia | Marijana Bozic | 3 | 3 |
| Canada | Holly Jamieson | 3 | 3 |
| Hungary | Zsuzsanna Pinter | 2 | 4 |
| Ukraine | Kateryna Yakimets | 1 | 5 |

#### Knockout

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 19 December | 19 December |
| Croatia | 7 |
| Croatia | 7 | 20 December | 20 December |
| China | 8 | 20 December | 20 December |
| China | 8 | China | 9 |
| 19 December | 19 December | | China | 9 |
| 19 December | 19 December | Russia | 8 |
| Russia | 9 | Russia | 8 |
| South Korea | 4 | | |
| South Korea | 4 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 20 December | 20 December |
| | | Croatia | 7 |
| | | South Korea | 13 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | China An Shuo Dong Yongkang Meng Yifei Wang Xiaoshuai Yang Yan Chao | Russia Andrei Anishcenko Oleg Darchiev Oleg Khoroshkov Alexander Pyatkov Vladimir Ulianov | Finland Jari Hakkinen Risto Lehtinen Veikko Parikka Timo Toivonen Veli-Pekka Vahala |
| Women's tournament | China Li Hong Wang Ming Ming Yang Xue Yin Yu Zhao Lingyan | Russia Olga Yaroslavtceva Anastasia Kozyrina Svetlana Orlova Elena Shagieva Svetlana Tsedik | South Korea Choi Jeyun Kim Jisu Kwon Yeji Lee Sujeong Oh Hyebeen |